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Choosing a Med School19/02/202117/02/2021

What is it actually like to study Medicine in Europe?

This is a guest post by Dr.Sam El Mais, M.D; a British doctor who graduated from Craivo Medical University in Romana and specialised in Internal Medicine. What is it like to study in Europe? Many students share worries about this particular topic. It’s only natural if you have some worries too. After all, you consider…

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intercalation15/12/2020

My Intercalated Masters: Expectations v Reality

It’s been a while and now we’re knee-deep into the new academic year. I’ve been super busy with a lot of different projects, but I thought it was about time I took a moment to give a little insight into how I’m finding intercalation so far!

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UCAT13/09/2020

Got a Low UCAT Score? Next Steps…

Many of you will have already sat your UCAT. Hopefully you’ll have all achieved the scores you were hoping for, but if not, don’t worry! Here are some top tips on what to do next. 

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Virtual Medicine Open Day31/08/202006/09/2020

What’s it Really Like To Study Medicine at Dundee Medical School?

Welcome to the 15th (and final) week of the Virtual Medicine Open Day: giving you an insight into each of the UK medical schools and the opportunity to ask current medical students about the realities of studying there! We are now collecting feedback on the Virtual Medicine Open Day. Please fill out this short survey…

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Virtual Medicine Open Day31/08/202006/09/2020

What’s it Really Like To Study Medicine at Aston Medical School?

Welcome to the 15th (and final) week of the Virtual Medicine Open Day: giving you an insight into each of the UK medical schools and the opportunity to ask current medical students about the realities of studying there! We are now collecting feedback on the Virtual Medicine Open Day. Please fill out this short survey…

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Virtual Medicine Open Day31/08/202006/09/2020

What’s it Really Like To Study Medicine at Lincoln Medical School?

Welcome to the 15th (and final) week of the Virtual Medicine Open Day: giving you an insight into each of the UK medical schools and the opportunity to ask current medical students about the realities of studying there! We are now collecting feedback on the Virtual Medicine Open Day. Please fill out this short survey…

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Virtual Medicine Open Day31/08/202006/09/2020

What’s it Really Like To Study Medicine at UCL Medical School?

Welcome to the 15th (and final) week of the Virtual Medicine Open Day: giving you an insight into each of the UK medical schools and the opportunity to ask current medical students about the realities of studying there! We are now collecting feedback on the Virtual Medicine Open Day. Please fill out this short survey…

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My first 4th year placement is Oncology and it’s nearly over! We only have a week on Oncology and tomorrow’s my final day. 😢 I’ve really enjoyed this placement, I didn’t expect to find it as interesting as I did. I feel like it’s a speciality where you can have a really profound impact on patients’ lives; and also patient stories can really impact you. I’ve met quite a few very memorable patients in this block, who I’ve not been able to stop thinking about after speaking to.
Venepuncture, cannulation and BLS assessments done, so all ready to kickstart 4th year! Now I’m bunged down with a tonne of e-learning. No new year of clinical medicine can start without heaps of induction e-learning. Not a fan of it, but something that has to be done.
Induction week begins tomorrow and I’m getting all ready to move back out to uni. 📚
Long time, no post. So my intercalation year is finally over, dissertation finally submitted and now I’m enjoying these last few weeks of the my summer before it’s time to get back to Medicine. I’m pretty excited to get back to it! This year has definitely been the break I wanted and I hope I can return with one newfounded motivation.
New stationery always makes me happy. Love this little bundle from @Ryman, they have such a good variety to suit all your revision needs. Looking forward to being able to enjoy the Summer and then putting all these flashcards to good use when resuming Medicine next year! @silvine_uk @stabilouk
#ad I love that you can upload diagrams or photos to your flashcards on @Quizlet_uk. It’s really useful for learning anatomy or showing pathologies on imaging and that way you can have everything kept in one place under one deck of flashcards.
Not having the most fun right now working on essays. 1.5 out of 4 of the way there now! After this deadline the dissertation period begins so the essay-writing won’t quite be over until the end of the academic year! I have to say, I never quite appreciated how great it was that we didn’t have to write essays for medicine. Oh how much I’d rather have an OSCE right now...😅 I am loving using my new keyboard though, it’s pretty fun 💫
#ad Last year I stopped taking notes, but instead switched to putting everything I need to learn into flashcards using the Quizlet app! It saved me so much time and made revising content much easier because it's already in a form that you can use to test yourself. It's a lot more engaging to go through a deck of flashcards than read a page of notes too. Quizlet has lots of great features that make it a really good tool for uni students, or anyone trying to prepare for an exam. There are lots of different ways you can learn and test yourself on your flashcards and the app also keeps track of your progress so you can see which areas you need to work on learning more! Has anyone tried using it before? #quizletuk
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